New students have the option to enroll their dependents in the Stanford Student Dependent Health Insurance Plan ('Dependent Plan') when they first matriculate at Stanford. This is the one and only time during an academic career at Stanford when a student can purchase the plan for dependents, unless a qualifying life event occurs at a later time.
Dependents are eligible for enrollment in the Dependent Plan as long as you (the student) are enrolled in Cardinal Care, the Stanford-sponsored student health insurance plan.
Eligible dependents include the Cardinal Care member’s